Sacred Heart Church (Gresaubach)

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The Catholic parish church Herz Jesu in Gresaubach
Another view of the church
View inside the church
View of the gallery with organ prospect

The Sacred Heart Church is a Roman Catholic parish church in Saarland Gresaubach , a district of Lebach , district Saarlouis . She bears the patronage of devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus . In the list of monuments of the Saarland, the church is a single monument listed.

history

Since the Middle Ages, the Catholics of Gresaubach belonged to the parish of Bettingen , part of today's place Schmelz .

The first written mention of a chapel in Gresaubach, which was dedicated to St. Wendalinus , can be found in a visitation protocol of the Bettinger parish from 1618 .

In 1735 and 1836 the chapel, which was only used for prayer until 1903 , was restored .

After an interim assignment to the parish Limbach , Gresaubach remained a branch of Bettingen. In 1907 Gresaubach was raised to the rank of vicarie.

After a church building association was founded in 1897 , the foundation stone for today's church was laid on February 2, 1910 , which was built according to plans by the architect and cathedral builder Julius Wirtz from ( Trier ). Already on December 18, 1910, Trier's auxiliary bishop Karl Ernst Schrod was able to make the blessing. The church was planned with five bays , but initially only three were built. The church tower was erected in 1911. Between 1958 and 1961, the architect Hans Geimer ( Bitburg ) extended the church building and added the two missing yokes. The church was restored between 1992 and 1995.

Architecture and equipment

The church building was built in the style of historicism , with neo-Gothic forms in particular .

The layout of the church as a church with two naves of the same height and width is remarkable . This cannot be found in any other sacred building in Saarland . In the central aisle there are octagonal red sandstone pillars with pointed arches . The ceilings in the two naves are ribbed vaults , the ceiling of the choir as a reticulated vault .

Special items of equipment are the richly carved high altar and the tracery windows . The high altar, a Gothic winged altar , is a foundation of the Schedler sisters. The rest of the equipment was also financed by the residents of Gresaubach.

The painting of the vaults with floral motifs and the wall paintings flanking the choir are also worth mentioning .

organ

The organ of the church was built in 1931 by the company Späth Orgelbau ( Mengen ). The instrument has 28 registers , divided into 3 manuals and pedal . The playing and stop action is electric.

I Hauptwerk C – g 3
1. Gedacktpommer 16 ′
2. Principal 8th'
3. flute 8th'
4th Salizional 8th'
5. octave 4 ′
6th Soft flute 4 ′
7th Nasat 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
8th. Super octave 2 ′
9. Mixture IV-VI
10. Trumpet 8th'
II upper structure C – g 3
11. Dumped 8th'
12. Suavial 8th'
13. Principal 4 ′
14th Night horn 2 ′
15th Fifth 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
16. Cymbel III
17th Rohrschalmei 8th'
Tremulant
III parapet positive C – g 3
18th Coupling flute 8th'
19th Quintad 4 ′
20th Principal 2 ′
21st Sesquialter II
22nd Scharff III
23. musette 8th'
Tremulant
Pedal C – f 1
24. Violon bass 16 ′
25th Sub bass 16 ′
Subtle bass (wind reduction No. 25) 16 ′
26th Octave bass 8th'
27. Piffaro II
28. trombone 16 ′
  • Coupling : II / I, III / I, III / II, I / P, II / P, III / P
  • Playing aids : 2 free combinations, typesetter, sequencer forwards / backwards, crescendo roller, roller on / off, tutti

literature

  • Marschall, Kristine: Sacred buildings of classicism and historicism in Saarland . Institute for Regional Studies in Saarland, Saarbrücken 2002, ISBN 978-3-923877-40-9 , p. 666 .
  • Catholic parish church Herz Jesu Gresaubach , in: Historical calendar Lebach 2009. The Lebach churches. Published by the Lebach Historical Society

Web links

Commons : Herz-Jesu-Kirche (Gresaubach)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ List of monuments of the Saarland, partial list of monuments in the Saarlouis district  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 347 kB). Retrieved June 9, 2013@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.saarland.de  
  2. ↑ a b c d Historical Calendar 2009 - The Lebach Churches (PDF; 62 MB) On: historischer-verein-lebach.de, accessed on June 9, 2013
  3. ^ History of the parish Herz Jesu. On: www.pfarierendengemeinschaft-schmelz.de. ( Memento from June 2, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ↑ a b Information on the parish church Herz Jesu on: www.kunstlexikonsaar.de. Retrieved June 9, 2013
  5. ↑ a b Traudl Brenner: A church with two identical naves . In: Saarbrücker Zeitung , page E1, 1./2. June 2013. Retrieved June 10, 2013.
  6. ↑ Organ of the Church of the Heart of Jesus Gresaubach On: www.organindex.de. Retrieved June 9, 2013

Coordinates: 49 ° 27 '12 "  N , 6 ° 54' 14.4"  E